Rodolph Oudin

Rodolph Oudin (1763-1839) was a colonel of the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Rodolph Oudin was born in Caen, Normandie, in 1763 in the Kingdom of France. He became a colonel in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars, having served as a junior officer during the American Revolutionary War. Oudin commanded the regiment of the Fusiliers of Line and fought against the Mamelukes at the Battle of the Pyramids in 1798. He led his regiment through the rest of the Egypt Campaign, and was transferred to fight in Austria during the Napoleonic Wars. Oudin ended his experience in warfare with the Battle of Friedland in 1807, where he was wounded. Afterwards, he returned home and died in 1839.